Snyder gold coaters energize county events at Coliseum
The Snyder SDN Column notes the Chamber of Commerce Producers Club, the gold coaters, as the backbone of planning for events at the Scurry County Coliseum. The teachers convention drew the largest crowd in Snyder history, with praise for Superintendent Bill J. Hood.
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Snyder
Scurry County Coliseum
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce Producers Club
Bill J. Hood
Texas State Teachers Association
Today In History March 13 Highlights Across Centuries
On March 13 across history, impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson began in the U S Senate in 1868. Standard time was established in 1884. A Tennessee evolution ban became law in 1925. Banks reopened after Roosevelt's 1933 bank holiday. Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Germany issued a Czechoslovakia ultimatum in 1939. Kennedy urged Alliance for Progress in 1961.
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Andrew Johnson
U. S. Senate
United States
Tennessee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nazi Germany
Austria
Germany
Czechoslovakia
John F. Kennedy
Paris
France
Soviet Union
Times
Indira Gandhi
India
Weather forecast across Texas regions
Snyder area reports a high of 47 degrees and a low of 27 with a 7 am reading of 31. Northwest Texas sees fair and warmer conditions with partial tonight and Thursday clouds and winds. Heights reach 62 to 74 Thursday with lows 36 to 44.
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Snyder
Texas
The
Pecos
London Gold Trading Curtailed Amid Stampede Demand
Europe’s gold rush sparked a stampede in London as bullion dealers curbed sales. Prices rose five cents to 35.20 dollars an ounce and small orders were refused while major orders continued.
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London
Europe
International Gold Pool
United States
Italy
Belgium
Zurich
Britain
McCarthy Wins Strong Share in New Hampshire Primary
In Concord the New Hampshire primary produced a narrow Johnson victory for the Democrats, with Eugene McCarthy capturing about 42 percent and likely 20 national convention votes. Nixon topped the Republicans as he aims for the GOP nomination, while Johnson faced a surprising delegate split and a minimal lead in the popular vote.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Johnson
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
Tech student arrested in four month old lab killing
Police arrested a 23 year old Texas Tech graduate student after a stakeout at biology professor Dr. Kenny Rylander’s office. He opened the door with a master key believed linked to cleaning woman Alic Morgan who was slain in a science building laboratory. He fled with the key and was later captured after a car theft report.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech
Kenny Rylander
Alic Morgan
Dr. Rylander
Gulf Rig Evacuated After Sinking Off Louisiana
Forty men were evacuated from an oil rig 55 miles off the Louisiana coast as winds roared and seas rose. Tugboats could not move the rig toward shore until conditions eased. The Coast Guard later advised the rig sank in 180 feet of water.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Khe Sanh Seige Eases as Battle Rages Nearby
Allied forces report over 300 enemy killed in four combat actions in northeast South Vietnam while bombardment of the Khe Sanh base slackens. Dong Ha and Quang Tri area clashes yield dozens more enemy and American casualties amid ongoing DMZ tension.
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Robert D. Ohman
Associated Press
Winter
Saigon
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri City
1St Air Cavalry Division
Quang Tri
Snyder School Board Extends Calendar to 176 Days
The Snyder School Board approved a 176 day calendar for 1968 69 extending the current year to May 27 to meet the 175 day state requirement due to winter closures. Graduation remains May 27 with a May 28 teacher work day. Holidays include Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas Easter and two teacher days January 17 and March 7.
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Snyder School Board of Trustees
TSTA
CTA - Tsta
Velikiye Ustyug Crew Abandons Ship in North Atlantic
The Soviet cargo vessel Velikiye Ustyug is abandoned with 45 crew members. A Coast Guard plane reported 26 survivors, sighting a lifeboat with 25 men and a life raft with at least one more, though additional men may be on the raft under a canopy.
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New York
Velikiye Ustyug
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Mrs Jourden Dies at 96 in Snyder area
Rebecca R. Jourden 96 died today at Hillcrest Lodge. Funeral at 4 p.m. Thursday in Bell Scale Chapel Snyder with Rev Lawrence Lewis and Rev Bob Clements officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery. Survived by four daughters, three sons, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Belonged to Assembly of God.
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Rebecca R. Jourden
Hillcrest Lodge
Ellis County
Scurry County
W. D. Jourden
Comanche County
Polar
Snyder
Ira
Loyd Mountain
Union
Turner
Jourden
E. M. Davis
Harold Nunn
Archie Martin
D. F. Frix
Brownwood
Emmett
Bud
Frank Jourden
Evan Jourden
Levelland
Bell Scale
Lawrence Lewis
First Assembly of God
Bob Clements
Brownsville
Snyder Cemetery
Assembly of God Church
Bids Opened By CRMWD Board in Big Spring
Bids opened Tuesday for a Colorado River Municipal Water District project include a $95,200 bid by J D Jones Construction Co for a Humble field filtration plant in Coke County and a pump package bid of $86,810 from Johnston Pump Co for three pumps. Awards await evaluation and CRMWD directors meet Thursday in Odessa.
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Big Spring
Colorado Riverunicipal Water District
O. H. Ivie
CRMWD
Odessa
Humble Oil and Refining Company
IAB
Coke County
Decker Construction
Abilene
Elm Fork Construction
Dallas
Johnston Pump Co
Glendora
Calif
Colorado River
Colorado City
Layne Bowler
LaPuente
Wells Company
Fairbanks - Morse
Lee Freese
Fort Worth
Robert Lee Reservoir
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SDN
Austin
Wacil McNair
Sparkle
Foundation
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Switzerland
International Monetary Fund
IMF
U.S. Treasury
Groote Schuur
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
S. Africa
Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Minnesota
Carthy
Rusk
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Gulf Rig
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